The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of CheckPoint products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CheckPoint over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Yorkshire region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Check Point Software Technologies.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
CheckPoint
Rank 111 162 154
Rank change year-on-year
+51 -8
Permanent jobs citing CheckPoint 110 54 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 2.016% 1.040% 0.890%
As % of the Vendors category 4.290% 2.294% 1.820%
Number of salaries quoted 74 28 44
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,750 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
All Vendors
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2564 2354 2473
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 47.00% 45.35% 48.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2032 1858 2083
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,750 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
CheckPoint
England

CheckPoint
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Yorkshire CheckPoint Jobs Demand Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire CheckPoint Salary Trend

CheckPoint
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CheckPoint across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire CheckPoint Salary Histogram

CheckPoint
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CheckPoint within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Yorkshire +29 77 £32,500 -18.75%
North Yorkshire +21 35 £42,500 +63.46%
South Yorkshire +15 7 £32,500 -35.00%
CheckPoint
England

CheckPoint
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing CheckPoint also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited CheckPoint.

1 201 (81.38%) Cisco
2 188 (76.11%) Firewall
3 154 (62.35%) Cisco Certification
4 134 (54.25%) Network Security
5 128 (51.82%) Cisco ASA
6 109 (44.13%) WAN
7 99 (40.08%) Juniper
8 97 (39.27%) LAN
9 95 (38.46%) CCNP
10 89 (36.03%) VPN
11 77 (31.17%) Cisco PIX
12 64 (25.91%) F5
13 59 (23.89%) VoIP
14 57 (23.08%) CCNA
14 57 (23.08%) BGP
15 56 (22.67%) Wireless
15 56 (22.67%) MPLS
16 55 (22.27%) Blue Coat
17 52 (21.05%) CCSE
18 50 (20.24%) Information Security
19 48 (19.43%) CCSP
20 45 (18.22%) Windows
21 43 (17.41%) ITIL
22 42 (17.00%) CCSA
23 38 (15.38%) EIGRP
23 38 (15.38%) Network Design
24 35 (14.17%) OSPF
25 34 (13.77%) JNCIS
26 32 (12.96%) Load Balancing
27 30 (12.15%) VMware

CheckPoint
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing CheckPoint also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited CheckPoint. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (2.024%) HTML
2 3 (1.215%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (2.429%) MS Exchange
2 5 (2.024%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (2.024%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (2.024%) IIS
3 3 (1.215%) WordPress
3 3 (1.215%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.405%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.405%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.405%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (6.073%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.215%) MS Office
2 3 (1.215%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.405%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 188 (76.11%) Firewall
2 134 (54.25%) Network Security
3 128 (51.82%) Cisco ASA
4 109 (44.13%) WAN
5 97 (39.27%) LAN
6 89 (36.03%) VPN
7 77 (31.17%) Cisco PIX
8 59 (23.89%) VoIP
9 57 (23.08%) BGP
10 56 (22.67%) Wireless
10 56 (22.67%) MPLS
11 38 (15.38%) EIGRP
12 35 (14.17%) OSPF
13 29 (11.74%) Cisco Nexus
14 25 (10.12%) SAN
14 25 (10.12%) WLAN
14 25 (10.12%) TCP/IP
15 19 (7.692%) DMZ
15 19 (7.692%) SSL
15 19 (7.692%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.024%) SQL Server 2005
1 5 (2.024%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (2.024%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.215%) MS Access
3 1 (0.405%) Hadoop
General
1 28 (11.34%) Finance
2 20 (8.097%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.405%) Banking
3 1 (0.405%) Retail
3 1 (0.405%) Marketing
3 1 (0.405%) Electronics
3 1 (0.405%) Military
3 1 (0.405%) Legal
Job Titles
1 111 (44.94%) Network Engineer
2 56 (22.67%) Security Engineer
3 44 (17.81%) Network Security Engineer
4 30 (12.15%) Analyst
5 27 (10.93%) Network Analyst
5 27 (10.93%) Architect
6 24 (9.717%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 23 (9.312%) Network Manager
8 22 (8.907%) Senior Network Engineer
8 22 (8.907%) Security Analyst
8 22 (8.907%) Network Security Analyst
9 20 (8.097%) Support Engineer
10 19 (7.692%) Firewall Engineer
11 14 (5.668%) 3rd Line Support
12 12 (4.858%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 11 (4.453%) Network Security Manager
13 11 (4.453%) Security Manager
13 11 (4.453%) Network Operations Manager
13 11 (4.453%) Operations Manager
14 10 (4.049%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.478%) Enterprise Storage
2 12 (4.858%) PKI
3 9 (3.644%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.024%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.215%) Blackberry
5 3 (1.215%) Clustering
6 2 (0.810%) Mathematics
6 2 (0.810%) Physics
6 2 (0.810%) Computer Science
6 2 (0.810%) SecurID
7 1 (0.405%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.405%) NHS
7 1 (0.405%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 45 (18.22%) Windows
2 23 (9.312%) UNIX
3 22 (8.907%) Linux
4 15 (6.073%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (4.049%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.215%) Windows 8
6 3 (1.215%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.215%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.810%) Debian
7 2 (0.810%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (20.24%) Information Security
2 43 (17.41%) ITIL
3 38 (15.38%) Network Design
4 32 (12.96%) Load Balancing
5 23 (9.312%) WAN Optimisation
6 22 (8.907%) E-Commerce
7 13 (5.263%) Supplier Management
8 12 (4.858%) Performance Management
9 9 (3.644%) Information Security Management
9 9 (3.644%) Security Management
10 8 (3.239%) Incident Management
11 7 (2.834%) Change Control
11 7 (2.834%) Change Management
12 6 (2.429%) SIEM
13 5 (2.024%) Service Delivery
13 5 (2.024%) Migration
14 4 (1.619%) Stakeholder Management
14 4 (1.619%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 4 (1.619%) Capacity Planning
14 4 (1.619%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.619%) SQL
2 3 (1.215%) VB
2 3 (1.215%) VBA
3 2 (0.810%) Python
3 2 (0.810%) Java
3 2 (0.810%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.405%) C
Qualifications
1 154 (62.35%) Cisco Certification
2 95 (38.46%) CCNP
3 57 (23.08%) CCNA
4 52 (21.05%) CCSE
5 48 (19.43%) CCSP
6 42 (17.00%) CCSA
7 34 (13.77%) JNCIS
8 19 (7.692%) CCIE
9 14 (5.668%) JNCIA
10 9 (3.644%) CCDE
10 9 (3.644%) CISSP
11 8 (3.239%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (3.239%) Security Cleared
12 7 (2.834%) SC Cleared
13 6 (2.429%) CCVP
14 5 (2.024%) CEH
14 5 (2.024%) Degree
14 5 (2.024%) Check Point Certification
14 5 (2.024%) CWSP
15 4 (1.619%) GCWN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.453%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.239%) SLA
3 4 (1.619%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.810%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 18 (7.287%) ProxySG
2 9 (3.644%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.239%) Forefront TMG
3 8 (3.239%) UAG
4 7 (2.834%) Terminal Services
5 5 (2.024%) Active Directory
5 5 (2.024%) VMware ESX
6 3 (1.215%) vSphere
6 3 (1.215%) XenApp
7 2 (0.810%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (3.644%) SolarWinds Orion
2 6 (2.429%) SCCM
3 3 (1.215%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (0.810%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.405%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (0.405%) Puppet
Vendors
1 201 (81.38%) Cisco
2 99 (40.08%) Juniper
3 64 (25.91%) F5
4 55 (22.27%) Blue Coat
5 30 (12.15%) VMware
6 23 (9.312%) ArcSight
7 20 (8.097%) Websense
8 18 (7.287%) TippingPoint
9 17 (6.883%) Foundry
9 17 (6.883%) Brocade
10 14 (5.668%) Microsoft
11 13 (5.263%) Infoblox
12 11 (4.453%) Citrix
13 10 (4.049%) SolarWinds
14 9 (3.644%) Avaya
15 7 (2.834%) Riverbed
16 6 (2.429%) Proofpoint
17 5 (2.024%) Tripwire
17 5 (2.024%) HP
17 5 (2.024%) Dell
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